The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-14

| of the pitcher whose work they praise con-
| denim with so little concern
| To show how important an institution State
historical society become the case of the
| New York Association may be cited. This So
| ciety was organized in 1904 for the purpose of
collecting and preserving materials relating to
the natural. civil literary and ecclesiastical his
| tory of that State. On two occasions since that
Zine the State has granted it financial aid, $I2-
600 being appropriated for its time
and S., 900 at another. Individuals have con-
trbuted to its support, and by this means and
the advance in the price of real estate that came
into its possession early its income amounts to
about $40, 900 year. Its library contains about
100000 volumes, including the files of some
rinety newspapers. dating far back as
1704 The art gallery comprises a remark
ably fine collection of paintings, including
several of the old masters, among which
Guido. "Christ Crowned with Thorns' and two
Correggios, Virgin and Child" and MARY
Magdalen and St Jerome" There are also one
painting attributed to Raphael. "The Birth
and Resurrection of Christ" three Titians, and
six pictures by Murillo The English, French
and German schools are also well represented.
The society is also rich in treasures of historic
interest that museum to contain the relics Is
now talked of. To carry out this idea new
building is needed and the efforts of the two
thousand members OF the association are now
directed to this end. Four hundred thousand
dollars is the sum fixed upon requisite to the
purpose and as over one-fourth of this is already
secured, it likely that the society will
have its material SO arranged that it will be ac-
cesslble to the public. In contrast to the pros
porous condition of this society, it may be men
toned that the Indiana Historical Association
failed last winter to secure from the Legislature
an appropriation Of 81, 900 for printng-the first
request of the kind it has made At this
rate the society will not be able to have library
and place for its historical collections within
the present century.
DR.. ToMMAsI- CRoDELI, of Rome, in recent
article the prevention Of malaria advocates
the of a decocton of lemon in those
where the system is so infected with the poison
that the usually successful remedies-quinine,
iron and arsenic-haye lost their power. Gro
deli has suffered much ridicule for his advocacy
of so simple remedy, but the subject is dis
cussed editorially in the New York Medical
Record, and competent observers agree that
lemon has a singular and yet unexplained
efficacy. Nor does any doubt the competency
and honesty of Crodeli, who stands easily at the
head of italian physicians When quinine and
arsenic fail him, he orders fresh lemon cut,
rind and all, into thin slices and boiled in
three cups of watts. in earthen vessel until
but one cupful remains. This decoction is
strained of, allowed to stand night, and
taken before breakfast the following day. It
is pleasantly bitter, ard is not Objectionable.
The Record hopes that simple of citric
acid and the bitter of lemon peel may be tried
in coun try districts where malaria is rife and
where in some cases. the usual remedies have
lost their grip.
In recent lecture Professor Drummond, au-
thor of Natural Law in the Spiritual World"
told of how young man came to England once
who knew nothing of Christ and Christians, and
he gave infdel lectures. In the preparation of a
lecture he CHANGED to read of Christ, and the
beauty and simplicity of that life and character
so impressed him that he became a Christian
and came to Edinburgh University to study, pre-
paratory to going home to preach to his eople
He knew nothing of Christians, but those whom
he about Edinburgh different from
the Christ he had read about that he nearly re-
lapsed into infidelity again. The anecdote
cords with article in the last number of the
North American Review. entitled "Why I am a
Heather" by Chnaman. The principal reason
was because he found so much cant, hypocricy,
and false living among so-cal1ed Christians.
ONE may get new impression of the vast
ness of our country by some comparisons. Thus
the region west of the Mississippi has room for
POP ordinary States such those in New Eng.
land. Connecticut laid down in Colorado would
make twenty-five such States. Yet Colorado is
small compared with Dakota. When we have de-
populated the whole world and gathered all of it's
people into Dakota. there would be left to every
16 souls of land. and vast as is Dakota,
it is smaller than Texas by 116, 900 square miles.
And vast as is Texas, it is only half as large as
Alaska
GREAT is the illustrated paper The New
York Star comes to hand with narrowing
picture of the Chatsworth railroad disaster in
which the victims are represented as drowning
or swimming about with only their heads out of
water while the top of the locomotive smoke
stack is just visible above the dashing waves.
Evidently the "artist on the spot" was not quite
close enough to the mon who labored in
dustriously in scrapine up dust to put out the
fire at the bridge. If he had been be would have
advised them to use water
AT a recent flower show in New York there
was exhibited curious one call ed the Cruel
plant which belongs to the climbing species and
is an insect catcher. Its petals white, and
1t ID ABOUT the size OF an apple blossom, winch 1t
somewhat resembles. Its interior formation is
such that the proboscis of any insect, searching
for the flowers honey, once inserted, cannot be
withdrawn, and the harder the insect struggles
the tighter is is held. A plant which shows so
much intelligence that might be utilized to
capture mosquitoes.
PROVIDENCE, r. l. has discovered a
novel way of earning living He catches bats
by means of horsewhp with line to which is
attached fish hook baited with moth miller
These animals sold taxidermists at so cents
each, and eight or ten caught in an evening
around the electrc-light posts. Nobody but a
Yankee would have got onto" that